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Andrew Niccol

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Andrew Niccol

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Also known as Andrew M. Niccol

New Zealand screenwriter, producer and film director

OverviewAI-generated

Andrew Niccol is a person who began his work period in 1997. He is recognized as an author with six listed works, including *Swallowing Your Pride*, *Making a Fast Buck and Other English Expressions*, *Paying through the nose*, and *The Truman show*. An original screenplay for *The Truman Show* is also included among his top works.

According to Crossref data, he has five associated works. On the Last.fm platform, his profile records 1,399 listeners and a total playcount of 3,068. His birth date is recorded as June 10, 1964.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
6

Top works

  • Swallowing Your Pride
  • Making a Fast Buck and Other English Expressions
  • Paying through the nose
  • The Truman show
  • The Truman Show. An Original Screenplay.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,399
Total plays
3,068

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Niccol">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
( 1964-06-10 ) 10 June 1964 (age 61) , Paraparaumu , New Zealand
Occupations
Screenwriter film director film producer
Spouses
Susan Jennifer Sullivan, ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1991 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2002 ) ​ Rachel Roberts , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Andrew Niccol (born 10 June 1964) is a New Zealand filmmaker. He wrote and directed Gattaca (1997), Simone (2002), Lord of War (2005), In Time (2011), The Host (2013), and Good Kill (2014). He wrote and co-produced The Truman Show, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and won him the BAFTA Award in the same category. His high-concept science fiction films tend to explore social, cultural and political issues; artificial realities and simulations are frequent themes in his work.

His film Good Kill was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andrew Niccol” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.